Title continues: Quod portentorum genus non temere euenire solet, sed humano generi exhibitum, seueritatem iramq́[ue] Dei aduersus scelera, atq[ue] magnas in mundo uicissitudines portendit. Partim ex probatis fideq[ue] dignis authoribus Grȩcis, atque Latinis: partim etiam ex multorum annorum propria obseruatione, summa fide, studio ac sedulitate, adiectis etiam rerum omnium ueris imaginibus

Date from colophon

Petri's device on last p. (Baseler Büchermarken, 76). Ill. on t.p. Numerous woodcut ill. in text by various hands (repeats). A few are signed with the monograms of David Kandel or Hans Rudolf Manuel; see Thieme-Becker. Historiated initials

Signatures: a⁴ b² A⁶ B-C⁴ D-Zz⁶ ²AA-II⁶ ²KK⁴ ²LL⁶

Getty copy lacks A3.4 with p. 5-8

Binding: vellum. Spine reinforced with MS waste. Three shelf marks on front pastedown, the last with the inscription: Toby Kilpatrick / 2.VII.1974

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